Pin ticket



Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

UNITED. sgrarss MARCUS o. ANTHONY; or'nnw YORK, 1v. Y.

PIN TICKET. j

ltpplication' filed July 7 To allwhom it may 6mm) 7 Be it known that I,MARoUs O. ANTHONY,

a citizen ofuthe United States, residing at the city of New York, countyand State of New York, have invented a certain newand useful Pin Ticket,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a ticket for useon merchandise or goods of variouskinds in order to attach thereto means for indicating data, such as thesales and costs. price, style, grade, etc.

The invention pertains, more particularly, to that kind of ticketsprovided'with attaching means in fixed relation to the ticket proper, afamiliar form of whichattaching means isa double pointed or staple-likepin the prongs of which pass throughapertures of the ticket and are'insertible into the goods or merchandise, after which insertion theprongs or legs of the staple are bent.

It is well known to those skilled in the art that double pointed pins,or staple like pins, are characterized by sharpened points rendered moreor less rough by the presence of burs or fins which are produced in theoperation of cutting off the double pointed pin from a length of wire,as a result of which the sharp points are liable to prick the fingers ofthe operator in inserting or removing the pin ticket and, further, therough edges at the points will catch and tear delicate fabrics, and thepins are further objection, able for the reason that the ticket attachedto one article catches in other 'articlesadjacent thereto.

Prior to my invention it has been pro-- posed to overcome the foregoingand other objections by the provision of j a double points or staplelike attaching member characterized by'a form of construction-whereineach prong or leg is composed of two strands of wire the doubled end ofwhich presents a smooth rounded point free from burs.

According to my present invention I produce an attaching andpenetratingmember in the form preferably of a double pointed pin eachleg of which consists of a single strand the point ofwhich is roundedand the opposite faces of which are flattened so as to produce a pmwhich is tapering in longitudinal section by reason of the convergingrelation of the inclined flattened faces and the point of which isrounded and free from burs or projections. The double ings, wherein1921. Serial no. 482,895 g I P'AQ TgE NT OFF!on.

pointed pm of this invention is distinctly novel with respect to theformation of the points of each leg of the pin. the desired effeet beingobtained by subjecting the metal to the action of appropriate dies orrolls in a mannerto flatten and taper the point and to round theextremity of the pin,'whereby economy in manufacture is obtained owingto the use of a single strand of material and the attaching member isprovided with smooth rounded points on the two ends of the attachingmember, said smooth pointed pins being easily thrust into. and throughthe fabric by separating the fibres thereof and said smooth pointed pinsbeing manipulated without danger of pr cking the fingers,

Other functions and advantagesof the in Fig. 5'is a perspective view ofa complete attaching inember'removed from, the ticket.

Thearticle comprises a ticket A and an attaching member B, the formerbeing com- .posed of cardboard, paper or other material suitable for thepurpose. 1 I The member B is composed of metal, preferablywire intheform of-a single strand,

the same being bentto produce a plurality, {i

of pins a b and a base a. As shown, the wire is first bent to produce aloop (1 and thereafter bent so as to obtain members c f,

the two ends of the wire formingthe pins a b. In the form of the base 0,the loop cl thereof is in contact with the reverse face of the ticket,the members 6 embrace the edge of said ticket, whereas the members f arein contact with the face of said ticket, it being understood that thedouble pins a I) pass through the apertures g in said ticket.

The described form of base 0 performs the function of clamping thedouble pointed pin to the ticket so as to fixedly attach the pinthereto, but although I have shown and described one form of said base ait is to be.

understood thatthe new; double pointed pin may be modified in respectto'the meansfo'r fixedly attaching said pin to the ticket.

The attaching member is composed of a single strand of Wire,- no part ofsaid member, and particularly the plurality of pins being characterizedbya'doubled construc tion or wire.

One mode of producing the attaching member involves the use of wirematerial C, the same comprising a strand of the ap-' propriate lengthand diameter, see Fig.2. This strand is subjected to treatment where hby each end portion is flattened on its opposite faces at 5, 6, and theextremity is rounded at 7, 'see Figs. and 45. The flattened faces areinclined to each other and converge toward the extremity so as to resultin a sharpened edge, but this edge is not pointed for the reason that itis rounded at 7. The end portion of each pin is thus tapered by bevelingthe same'on opposite faces and is rounded to produce a penetrating pointthe surfaces ofwhich are smooth and free from'burs. The metal issubjected to pressure insuitable dies, rolls, or other 'me'chanicalappliances suitable for the purposes' of compressing the materiallaterally and rounding the extremity thereof, the er fect of which is todisplace the metal in a manner'to elongate it someivha't'ivhile rashioningit to produce the desired "effect. The opposite end portions orthe metal'are each compressed to flatten. and taper the faces and toround the extremities, the part of the metal" intermediate they treatedend por-.

which 'is' peculiarly formed to producea. smooth tapering androunded'ed'ge adapted.

to easily pass through the fabric by displacing thefibres thereof, saidedge, being free from a sharpenedpoint so that it can not prick andinjur'ethe fingers'nor will it catchin the goods for the reason that the"surfaces of theidouble pointed pin are smooth and free from" burs.

aving thus fully described the invention,

what Iqclaim as,,ii ew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' '1. A" pin ticket characterized by a pin provided on its oppositefaces with bevels converging'toward the extremity of said pin so as toimpart a longitudinal taper to the end portion, said extremity'beingprovided with a rounded edge.

2. In a pin ticket, a double pointed pin comp'osedof a sin'gle strand ofwire and comprising a plurality of prongseach oi which is" asinglew'ire, each ofsaid single wire prongs being provided on two facesonly thereof 'witl 'bevels" which converge toward, and meet each otherat, the extremity of saidgprongjand said extremity being characterizedby a rounded edge'which merges into parallel edges that define in] partthe longitudinal contour Ofsaid'Wire strand.

'3. a pin ticket, ado'uble' pointed pin l each prong of'which iscomposedo'f'a single length of wirefthe extremity'jof which is providedwith a rounded smooth edge; said prong bejing p r-ovide'dw'ith bevels onop'posite faces thereof and said bevel's converg 111g toward the roundededge of the pr'on'gQ 4. In a pin ticket,"a 'pin the extremity of whichis formed"by a rounded srnooth edge, the mater al composing said pinbe'i'ngco'mpressed to produce onopposite"fabesthereof said roundededge."

In a pin ticke't,f"a" pin comprising a singlestrandbtmaterial theextremity"o'f' which is formed around'ed smooth edge,

said material being compressed a cent said rounded edge foriiiipa'rtiiig" a tapertb the pin and ."produ'cmg' on opposite surfacesj' thereof bevels' which converge toward the rounded edge;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribedmy name.

MARCUS o. ANTHONY:

